Overview
- Protesters dumped trash at the municipal offices and near the mayor’s home after more than 20 days without garbage collection and water cuts since the weekend.
- The detained included public services head José Aarón Velázquez Fuentes and a state Gobernación representative, who were tied for about an hour according to witnesses and videos.
- Velázquez Fuentes was compelled to pick up garbage and sign his resignation, with reports differing on whether two or as many as four officials were tied.
- A day earlier, the municipal council formally asked the State Congress to remove Mayor Juana Díaz, citing ingovernability and administrative paralysis.
- Municipal trustee Ubaldo Velázquez Piedra said he will file a criminal complaint and five complaints to the internal comptroller alleging embezzlement, while the Jucopo president said authorities are attending the case and proposed a consultation.